Ushering in a new wave of heroes…
Step into a world of 1980’s action adventure with Shadow of the Century, set in the Spirit of the Century universe. The year is 1984, and the Shadow Centurions run the world. The Century Club has been disbanded, and Spirits like Jet Black, Sally Slick, and Amelia Stone fight the good fight underground alongside a new wave of heroes. Step into their shoes in a gonzo action game of underdog heroes and oppressive governments; kung fu masters, computer hackers, and maverick cops who right wrongs and fight against The Man.
Shadow of the Century requires Fate Core to play.
The fight for the century continues! Down with The Man! Up with the New Wave!
Playtest status: Gamma playtesting coming in April 2017
Over the next couple of months my friends and I have probably got the time to run around 4 playtest sessions.
And whilst we all love Spirit of the Century and are really stoked by Shadow of the Century as its natural successor we cant help thinking every playtest session dedicated to Shadow of the Century is one less session we could dedicate to Dresden Files Accelerated…
Its a tough choice, but if there is even the remotest chance of getting into the DFAE Playtest we’ll be bowing out on this one.
This would be a great way to get my kids to advance from FAE to FATE core. As an added bonus I would have a great excuse to set them all down and have them watch all my favorite action flicks
This sounds so awesome. I am looking forward to this even if I don’t get accepted to playtest.
Kung Fu masters, maverick cops, and computer hackers? Sounds like this could easily be used to run a Kung Fury game .
I have no group yet and have never GMed, I’m up to play test it! (I have also never played fate even though I desperately want to!)
Hi Dan, the playtest application window closed on 5/12, but we are sure to do more playtests in the future (probably even another one of Shadow). If you’d like to be kept aware of all our upcoming playtests, you can join our newsletter.
We are about to begin a livestreamed campaign of SotC and I can’t believe I missed the sign up window for this one by 4 days…
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Have the playtest packs been sent out yet?
Sorry for the delay Red Dice. The packets are all out now.
Thanks Sean I’m eagerly reading it now ready to begin my pitch session on Friday 🙂
Glad to hear John! Excited to find out how it goes!
Guess what. Not everyone likes FAE. Work on shadow of the century.
Guess what. We are. Have been since we started. Accelerated stuff just happens to get finished faster due to the lighter weight base chassis. Maybe stop assuming that because we put out one thing, it means we aren’t working on anything else, and take a look at the Project Status page every now and again, where the progress is regularly updated?
Shadow is actually in its beta playtest right now. There are lots of people playing it as we speak, and we’re learning a lot about what we need to make it better. Feels like pretty good progress to me! =)
I’ve been looking at doing a contemporary Hollywood Action Flick style rpg, something inspired by the likes of Magnum PI, Mcgyver, Lethal Weapon, Burn Notice, Bosch, The Fast & The Furious, etc. I decided that FATE Core will be the system to go with, its mechanics will hit the spot nicely.
I was struggling for an overall story concept, until I decided that I would use the Centurion idea from Spirit Of The Century, and update it to contemporary times.
Then I stumble across Shadow Of The Century, and it looks like its going to tick alot of boxes for me.
I’m pretty happy this setting is in development, I just wish it was ready now!
It’s been a long time since there’s been an update. Is this still in development?
Yep, still in development, as seen on our Project Status page. 🙂
Here’s the link: https://www.evilhat.com/home/project-status/
I so wish I had known about this and could have gotten in on it. I love the SOTC setting and my crew is really taking to Fate.
It’s a ways away from being published yet so, y’know, you’ll have a chance to buy it once it’s out there. The only thing to “get in on” that you might’ve missed was the “free” PDF for the Fate Core Kickstarter’s backers from 2013, which hasn’t even been given to them yet.